Elderly Woman Dies in Fire

An 81-year-old Tampa Bay-area woman has died in a house fire likely sparked by a cigarette left burning by her son.

Fire officials in Palmetto, south of Tampa, said Eva Mae Pompey was found dead near the back door of the burning home early Friday.

Officials say the fire started in the front of the single-story residence where the woman lived with her son. The cause was likely a cigarette the son accidentally left burning.

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